Frogleg wrote in message . ..

If a tomato needs any support at all, those wretched dime-store cages
won't help. Their drawbacks include lack of stability, as well as lack
of height and structure to "contain" a fruit-heavy plant. I really
hate 'em, and the way first time gardeners are tricked into buying
them.

True. I use them now for the peonys, and I use rebar cages for the
tomatoes (you have to have a serious cutter to cut that kind of wire).
Even these are smallish. The yellow pear, for example, grow to 8 feet,
and rebar is only 5 feet.